Dexter, Missouri - The Lady Cats volleyball team beat Notre Dame 23-25, 25-20, and 25-21 in the semifinals action and defeated Perryville 25-15, 25-18 to earn their second Class 3 District 1 title in three years.

Dexter (24-7-3) will advance to sectional play at Lutheran South High School where they will compete against Rosati-Kain on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.  The winner of that game will advance to the semifinal against Lutheran South High School or Ste. Genevieve at 6:00 p.m.

The Lady Cats jumped out to a 5-1 lead early against Perryville.  Krysten Garrison had four of Dexter's first six points.

"Krysten get better as the night went on," commented Dexter head volleyball Coach Carmen Morgan.  "Once she gets going, she is hard to stop."

Perryville cut Dexter's lead to just one with a 11-10 score, but Maycie Martin and Blair Rogers helped with several blocks.  Garrison continued her fight and Addie Kruse earned two points including the game winning point.

Game 2 was a bit closer in the beginning tied at one, two, three, four, and five points.

Bailee Williams, Ashlynn Wyman, and Addie Kruse all finished in double digs for the night.  Williams had a team high 17 digs.

"Ashlynn and Megan Trout and Addie all of them were digging up balls and that was important," Morgan said.

Addie Kruse finished with 13 digs and Ashlynn Wyman tallied 16 digs.

Krysten Garrison led the Lady Cats with an impressive 29 kills against Perryville.  Addie Kruse added 12 kills.

Bailee Williams completed 32 set assists.

The Lady Cats will travel to Lutheran South High School on Saturday, October 22, 2016 to compete against Rosati-Kain at 3:00 p.m.